The United States and Canada play a must-win World Baseball Classic contest on Sunday night. As noted previously in this space, if the U.S. wins they advance and join the Dominican Republic in the next round. If Canada wins, then things get complicated ...

Faced with potential elimination, Team USA on Sunday in Miami whipped Canada by a score of 8-0 and in doing so remained alive in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Canada, meantime, is now out of the tournament. Starter Danny Duffy was the story for the U.S. He worked four shutout innings, struck out seven without walking a batter, and spotted 44 of his 63 pitches for strikes. On the other side, Canada starter Ryan Dempster didnâ€™t make it out of the first inning. Nolan Arenado homered and drove in three for the Americans.Â See below for our running live blog of all the action.